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Couple tries to sell baby girl, arrested

girl in one of the dharamshalas under Surajpole police station limits on Tuesday.

Mohd Subhan and his wife Shagufta were residents of Chimanpura mohalla in

Udaipur

were caught while they were trying to sell a baby for Rs 6 lakh to prospective buyers. In order to win people's sympathy, the woman claimed that it was her sister's baby and they were unable to look after her and hence they were giving her away.

While in custody, the couple told the police that the baby was given to them by an unknown woman in

who wasn’t capable to look after the child. The couple are in police remand and have been taken to Ajmer to verify their claim about the baby's mother. Police suspect the child has been stolen from somewhere.

The matter came to light when one Naushad resident of Payada called the police and informed that a suspicious looking couple were trying to sell off a baby girl for 6 lakh rupees. Naushad and his friend kept the couple engaged in conversation by the time police arrived and thus saved the baby from their clutches.

SHO Ram Sumer said that Veena hails from the Valmiki community and she is older to her husband. Their respective families have disowned them and hence the couple roamed around several places. For past two months, they had been in Ajmer and allegedly picked up the child from somewhere. A case has been registered and the Child Welfare Committee ordered the baby to be sent to the state shelter home.